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For added effect use an aerobatic plane and bank to just over
the 90 degrees. Got my g-meter up to about 3 pulling out of one of those. Paul "One's Too Many" wrote in message om... From level flight at slow-normal cruise, with plenty of altitude to spare (i.e 5000 AGL), pull the power back to idle and bank the thing over to almost 60 degrees letting the nose fall over in a slow steep banked 180 degree turn. Watch your airspeed and make sure it stays at or below Va. Level out and then do it again in the opposite bank, to make a big falling slow figure-8 pattern as you descend. Keep your bank at or below 60 degrees and the nose down angle less than 30 degrees and you're still legal. Because you're not maintaining level flight in the 60 deg banks, you're not really pulling any Gs in the banks either. The most Gs you pull is when you level out after you're done with the steep banks. Maybe 1.5 Gs at the most if you're sloppy about it. One of my favorite "fun" things since you get a windshield full of straight-down plus a wee bit of almost-zero-G feeling without hardly any stress on the aircraft at all. |
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"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message . ..
For added effect use an aerobatic plane and bank to just over the 90 degrees. Got my g-meter up to about 3 pulling out of one of those. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! .. .. .. .. Ralph Buick |
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"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message ... For added effect use an aerobatic plane and bank to just over the 90 degrees. Got my g-meter up to about 3 pulling out of one of those. What plane was that? -- --- Cheers, Jonathan Lowe. / don't bother me with insignificiant nonsence such as spelling, I don't care if it spelt properly / Sometimes I fly and sometimes I just dream about it. :-) Paul "One's Too Many" wrote in message om... From level flight at slow-normal cruise, with plenty of altitude to spare (i.e 5000 AGL), pull the power back to idle and bank the thing over to almost 60 degrees letting the nose fall over in a slow steep banked 180 degree turn. Watch your airspeed and make sure it stays at or below Va. Level out and then do it again in the opposite bank, to make a big falling slow figure-8 pattern as you descend. Keep your bank at or below 60 degrees and the nose down angle less than 30 degrees and you're still legal. Because you're not maintaining level flight in the 60 deg banks, you're not really pulling any Gs in the banks either. The most Gs you pull is when you level out after you're done with the steep banks. Maybe 1.5 Gs at the most if you're sloppy about it. One of my favorite "fun" things since you get a windshield full of straight-down plus a wee bit of almost-zero-G feeling without hardly any stress on the aircraft at all. |
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